An eighteenth birthday is a significant coming of age. JVFG member business Pelham Farming recently reached this milestone and not surprisingly the anniversary was noted – and even celebrated – especially by the men and women who make this joint venture business work. Read More »

“I am Richard Hartley and part of Manor Farms LLP, a joint venture comprised of two companies one of which is Richard Hartley Limited is one and the other is Seven Lands which is owned by Antony and Richard Pearce. Richard Hartley Limited is a farm in Burford in the Cotswolds. We are an arable farm [...]Read More »

In the week that DEFRA announced that two-thirds of UK farmers run their businesses without cashflow or plan, the group of farmers that scrutinise cost and efficiency of every machinery move they make met again to review their benchmarked results for harvest 2017.Read More »

All the member farm businesses in JVFG are always well aware of the context in which they operate. But that’s never been more important when being able to confidently predict the market, even a couple of years away, seems impossible. We asked a selection of JVFG members how they think Brexit will affect UK farmingRead More »

“My name is Oliver Stratford. I work for E.C. Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd. The main base is up in Herefordshire, near Ross-on Wye. I look after about 6,500 acres in Hampshire, mainly combinable crops but moving towards energy crops for an Anaerobic Digester plant. We are now growing about 1,000 acres of whole crop rye and sugar [...]Read More »

JVFG welcomes farmers to see what the group offers. Here is what one of this summer’s onlookers makes of JVFG, from having watched and heard one of this year’s meetings. “I’m James Copas from Copas Farms, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Our arable cropping is 1800 acres growing oilseed rape, winter wheat and spring barley. We are considering changing [...]Read More »

JVFG Chairman Antony Pearce operates two joint farming ventures: 1200ha in Buckinghamshire and 380ha in the Cotswolds. In 2017 he is taking part in the Oxford Farming Conference Emerging Leaders Programme. Sponsored by Massey Ferguson, the Conference chooses eight agri-professionals who have not attended the Oxford Farming Conference before to meet with other emerging leaders [...]Read More »

To see and hear how JVFG can help benchmark your farming business with the best in the business you can listen in on the costs analysis at one of the regular member meetings. Guest farmers are often invited to hear JVFG results and discussion. Recently JVFG Chairman Antony Pearce invited Mark Richardson from Warter Priory Estate, [...]Read More »

With rain pouring down across the rolling landscape of East Hertfordshire, it was the perfect weather for representatives of ten JVFG member businesses to take time away from the farm for some business analysis. The main theme for the JVFG summer meeting, hosted by Pelham Farming, was sprayer analysis.Read More »